Council of Ontario Construction Association (COCA) Newsletters

The Council of Ontario Construction Associations (COCA) goals are to:

  • Provide high quality service and information to members, government and the public.
  • Create the regulatory environment our industry needs.
  • Achieve significant regulatory changes on issues affecting the performance of the construction industry.

COCA's activities and achievements at Queen's Park affect you. By maintaining an open dialogue with the Ontario Government and its agencies, we are an ideal forum to drive issues with the provincial government.

 

COCA Newsletter September 2011

 

Smaller cabinet to make big changes among McGuinty’s old guard

COCA Congratulates Two of Its Executives Appointed to College of Trades Board of Governors

COCA Newsletter August 2011

 

COCA Newsletter July 2011

Inside the July Newsletter:

  • Minister of Labour Addresses Industry on Bill 160
  • Bill 160 Amended and Ordered for Third Reading
  • College of Trades Update
  • MOL Recruiting Chief Prevention Officer
  • MOL Blitzes: Are you ready?
  • IHSA Reverts to Print
  • No Construction Fatalities in April
  • Ontario leads growth in March building permit values

 

 

COCA Newsletter June, 2011

 

Inside the June Newsletter:

  • COCA's 2nd Annual Welcome to Construction Season Reception Doesn't Disappoint
  • COCA Holds First Ever Election Readiness Session
  • WSIB Q4 financials offer mixed results; benefit costs down, but UFL growth continues
  • Ontario Leads April Building Permit Decline
  • College of Trades Update
  • WSIB Funding Review Update
  • Resignations Put 17 Ridings in Play
  • COCA Board confirms priorities
  • Survey Says
  • COCA's 2nd Annual Welcome to Construction Season Reception Doesn't Disappoint
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    COCA Newsletter, March 2011

     

    Inside the March Newsletter:
    • Link2Build - Canada's national plansroom service
    • COCA's 2011/2012 Board of Directors
    • COCA is pleased to welcome the Ontario Masonry Contractors' Association
    • WSIB Funding Review Update
    • Tim Hudak's Toronto Dinner April 13, 2011
    • Provincial Election Awareness Presentation
    • COCA members "troop the colours" for ICI industry at Liberal's Heritage Dinner
    • If it's March, then it must be budget season
    • Implementation of the Dean Report
    • COCA's 2011/12 Executive Committee
    • COCA 2011 AGM Awards Presentation
    • Ontario's New Not-for-Profit Corporations Act
    • IHSA Update
    • OCS State of the Industry & Outlook Conference
    COCA Newsletter, February 2011

    Inside the February Newsletter:

    • Implementation of the Dean Report
    • Mattina Appointed to Interim Prevention Council
    • WSIB Funding Review Update
    • WSIB launches e-Clearance Certificate System
    • Government to integrate Infrastructure Ontario of Ontario Realty Corporation
    • Minister Hints About Infrastructure Plan
    • Provincial Election
    • COCA's Policy Approval Process
    • Be Sure to Attend the COCA AGM

     

    COCA Newsletter, January 2011
    Inside the January Newsletter:
    - Review Chair Attends COCA Committee Meeting
    - WSIB Q3 report offers some good news 
    - "WSIB Funding" Bill 135passed into law
    - Need for Safer Workplaces
    - Economists Confounded by Pollsters Findings
    - Online one stop guide to government programs for business
    - Fall 2010 Building Permits Continue Lower

    COCA Newsletter, January 2011
    Inside the January Newsletter:
    - Review Chair Attends COCA Committee Meeting
    - WSIB Q3 report offers some good news 
    - "WSIB Funding" Bill 135passed into law
    - Need for Safer Workplaces
    - Economists Confounded by Pollsters Findings
    - Online one stop guide to government programs for business
    - Fall 2010 Building Permits Continue Lower

    COCA Newsletter, December 2010
    Inside the December Newsletter:
    - WSIB President Meets With COCA Board
    - Minister Accepts Dean Report
    - Lien Act Committee Reconvenes in Response to Attorney General Consultation
    - Threat to quarter of federal stimulus projects spurs Ottawa to extend its infrastructure stimulus deadline to October 31, 2010
    - Provincial Auditor Takes Wait & See Approach to WSIB
    - COCA Re-launches WSIB-OH&S Committee
    - Partnerships and Coalitions
    - Association Musings

    COCA Newsletter, November 2010

    COCA Newsletter, October 2010

    COCA Newsletter, September 2010 

    COCA Newsletter, August 2010

    COCA Newsletter, July 2010

    COCA Newsletter, June 2010

     
     

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